Swiss village willing to pay £200,000 fine to keep 10 refugees out; fear sex attack on women, children
Their is one more reason which has led the super-rich of Switzerland’s Oberwil-Lieli village to vote ‘no’ in a referendum to accept just ten migrants and i.e. fear of sex attacks on their women and children.
May 30, 2016, 17:40 PM IST
Balkan nations shut off migrant route to Europe
The Balkan trail from Greece to northern Europe used by floods of migrants was blocked Wednesday after a string of nations slammed shut their borders, hiking pressure on the EU and Turkey to nail down a "game-changing" grand bargain.
Mar 09, 2016, 16:31 PM IST
Macedonia lets in 170 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece
Macedonia on Wednesday allowed some 170 refugees to cross its border with Greece as 10,000 more were left waiting at the border under miserable conditions, Greek officials said.
Mar 02, 2016, 16:01 PM IST
Migrants try to storm Greece-Macedonia border fence
Hundreds of refugees Tuesday tried to break through a border fence into Macedonia from Greece, where more than 7,000 people are stranded, as anger mounts over barriers to entry imposed on migrants flooding into Europe.
Mar 01, 2016, 10:27 AM IST
Austria caps migrants, agrees to `cooperate better` with Greece
Austria on Friday introduced a daily cap on asylum-seekers, sparking EU fears of a domino effect along the Balkan migrant trail and a threat from Greece to veto an accord keeping Britain in the bloc.
Feb 20, 2016, 07:38 AM IST
Austria defies push for EU migrant solution with new border controls
Austria announced Tuesday it would step up controls along its southern borders, edging closer to Eastern countries in their defiance of Germany`s push for a European solution to the migrant crisis.
Feb 17, 2016, 14:24 PM IST
Events that shaped the world in 2015
Europe's herculean efforts to address the migrant issue, as a mammoth sea of humanity fleeing from persecution in their native lands, continued to knock on its door to Myanmar's historic elections that saw pro-democracy crusader Aun San Suu Kyi ascending to power for the first time.
Dec 19, 2015, 15:14 PM IST
Know all about European migrant crisis in 90 seconds- Watch
For many, the term European migrant crisis was just another jargon until the death of the three-year-old Syrian kid Aylan Kurdi, whose heartbreaking pictures jolted the world out of apathy, leading the countries to throw open the borders and pour in double the amount of aid for refugees.
Sep 16, 2015, 14:19 PM IST
